Oscar Homolka
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Harry Palmer, ex-army corporal, who unwillingly serves as a spy for Her Majesty rather than serve a long stint behind bars. Palmer is sent to Berlin, where he is to extricate a Russian general who wants to defect. He arranges for an escape plan, which includes a fake funeral, but unfortunately, the wrong body is transported out of Russia. Palmer keeps his cool and there's plenty of scenery as he wanders about Berlin and in and out of the arms of some...
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"In their relentless battle against Hitler, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were comrades ... or at least comrades-in-arms. Hollywood joined the fight with Mission to Moscow, based on Ambassador Joseph E. Davies' bestseller about his pre-World War II experiences in the Soviet Union. The film features Academy Award winner Walter Huston as Davies, plus accomplished actors playing the headline-dominating figures of Churchill, Stalin, von Ribbentrop, Litvinov,...
5) Comrade X
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Soviet streetcar conductor Theodore is as lovely as a Botticelli angel and as forbidding as a Moscow winter. American reporter "Mac" Thompson is hunky and self-confident. Together, in pre-World War II Russia, the two share an adventure involving secret identities, a marriage of convenience, hairbreadth escapes and a thrilling tank-chase as Mac tries to help Theodore leave for the USA one step ahead of the corrupt secret police.
6) The key
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In war-weary London, Stella allows the key to her apartment to be passed from sea captain to sea captain. But when David Ross shows up she finds herself in love.
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Portrays the struggles of a Norwegian immigrant family at the turn of the century in San Francisco.
"Mama didn't leave the Old Country and move into the Larkin Street house to become rich. She left because all her siblings and in-laws were already setting down roots in the USA. Family was where Mama always fit best. Right in the heart of things."--Cover
9) Ball of fire
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Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up assisting a beautiful singer get away from the mob.